Who else? Samantha Everts is head organizer of the ORL. She also runs an artist consultancy company called You Rock Red. “I’m basically like a freelance manager and promotions expert,” she explains. She started as a grant writer for artists, and has since expanded her business. “When a band has no idea how to fund and record their dream album, I can step in and guide them.”

Love! There have been at least two couples that have fallen in love at the rock lottery. One pairing happened in the first year when burlesque performers opened the show and one of the participants fell pretty hard for a dancer.

Er, Let’s Try That Again. Everts recalls falling off the stage one year after introducing a band. She hit the hi-hat on her way down.

Lyrical Gangsters. Last year, Kalle Mattson’s ORL band was called Nicolas Cage in Con Air and every song was about a Nic Cage movie. In 2008, another band decided to just use comic book story lines for their lyrics.